The Spy Who Could Be You (But Hopefully Isn't)— Matt Kindt’s Spy Superb
Matt Kindt hides what may be the greatest Spy Superb in plain site of everyone— someone who is so bad at everything that he may actually be good at being a spy.
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Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise by Tradd Moore and Heather Moore
Tradd Moore has synthesized the vocabulary of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko with Mike Mignola and Jim Woodring’s sense of time, space, and movement..
Too Cute to Be Scary or Too Scary to be Cute?— Jay Stephens’ Dwellings #1
Somehow, these stories manage to be disturbingly dark but adorably cute.
Advance Review: We Will No Longer Have To Cover Each Other’s Wounds by Siyuan Wen
Call it empathy or just a collective response to loss but Wen’s pages draw you into Anna and Wayde’s presences to create a triangular bond between the two characters and the reader.
“… So Film Me Until My Dying Breath.”- Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Whether it’s to protect himself or his characters, Tatskuki Fujimoto sets up this distance, holding his audience back from being there with these two.
Learning To See the Unseen in Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler's The Sickness Chapter One
Jenna Cha creates a realism in the things that we can’t see.
My Claremont Year- May/June 2023
Chris Claremont starts setting up for the X-Men’s future, starting by removing links to their past.
The Seductive Dive into the Underbelly of Desire and Escapism in Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Night Fever
Brubaker and Phillips enter some real Hitchcockian territory, exploring an ordinary man entering into extraordinary circumstances.
Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle - A Dark and Complex Journey of Revenge and Redemption
Poison Ivy has lost something and this trip is her attempt to regain it. It’s more than just her powers that are lost; it’s her direction.
Noah Van Sciver Explores Childhood Turmoil and the Power of a Good Comic in Maple Terrace #1
Through captivating artwork and a narrative self-portrait, Noah Van Sciver explores the impact of fear and the transformative power of Spawn #5.
Rick Veitch's The One: A Cold War Comic Reflecting Today's Superhero Culture and Humanity's Struggle for Unity
Rick Veitch's The One challenges the notion of superhero power, reflecting the failures of a broken world.
My Claremont Year- March/April 2023
This period around 1982/1983 marked a shift in the X-Men characters themselves, turning them from superheroes into characters who are often wrestling with themselves as much as they are the bad guys.